What practices did you notice that were disruptive to group work and how was it disruptive?Identify 3 key concepts which you have learnt from the online Workbooks for Learning Goal 1.

Journal (review of presentation)

JOURNAL PROMPT ”
You should write between 250 and 500 words for the entry to be marked. The word limit is 500 words. you should reflect on the group work experience, up to and including the Presentation in Week 5, to include reflection on the following:

• How did you contribute to the group work?

• What good practice did you see in other members of your group that made your group work effective?

• What practices did you notice that were disruptive to group work and how was it disruptive?

• What did you learn on how to be effective in group work? How will apply it in the future?

• Identify 3 key concepts which you have learnt from the online Workbooks for Learning Goal 1.

Compare and contrast the opinions of the authors of the articles regarding the forecast of economic trends.

FORECAST OF ECONOMIC TRENDS AND TREASURY YIELD CURVES

Forecast of Economic Trends and Interest Rates

You will need to check global and domestic economies trends. The decision what type of securities to buy or to sell depends on global and domestic economies trends because the economic situation of the country is a main factor of profitability.

A good understanding of the industry and macroeconomic situation is also useful for explaining the past performance and creating a reliable forecast of future sales and profits. You will be using your findings in all parts of this written assignment.

Select at least three news articles that discuss U.S. short-term and long-term economies trends. Specifically, you will need:

• the forecast of economic growth and

• data-driven the short-term and long-term forecast of interest rates.

At least one news article should be dated within the past month.

The articles should be from an on-line newspaper or magazine, or government website. Materials posted on educational websites, like and are not considered news articles even if they are recent and relevant.
Your specific assignment is as follows:
• Compare and contrast the opinions of the authors of the articles regarding the forecast of economic trends.
• Compare and contrast the opinions of the authors of the articles regarding the forecast of short-term and long-term interest rates.
• Then, summarize key points of the articles in one or two pages.
• For the comparison sections, present the key information, data, and statistics to support your conclusions.
• Write in your own words with brief quotations from the article(s). For all quotations, statistics, and other information attributable to a specific source, include in-text citations and references formatted in accordance with the current edition of the APA style manual.

Are there any change management skills you found most relevant to your personal or professional life? How might you apply them moving forward?

In the previous modules. you learned about the significance of communication and training for change implementation. You submitted your course project, a change communication plan, along with an executive letter detailing best practices to sustain the benefits of organizational change. Now, for this last discussion, you will summarize and share your learnings about organizational change from this course.
In your initial post, you should address the following:
• Provide an example of a previous situation where you experienced change or were responsible for managing change. This could be either personal or professional.

• Based on the change management skills covered in this course, do you think you should have used a different approach for the example you described?

• Are there any change management skills you found most relevant to your personal or professional life? How might you apply them moving forward?

Is Floor Area a significant predictor of Assessment Value?Do you observe a linear relationship between the 2 variables?

Use the data to construct a model that predicts the tax assessment value assigned to medical office buildings with specific characteristics.

Construct a scatter plot in Excel with Floor Area as the independent variable and Assessment Value as the dependent variable. Insert the bivariate linear regression equation and r^2 in your graph. Do you observe a linear relationship between the 2 variables?
Use Excel’s Analysis Tool Pak to conduct a regression analysis of Floor Area and Assessment Value. Is Floor Area a significant predictor of Assessment Value?
Construct a scatter plot in Excel with Age as the independent variable and Assessment Value as the dependent variable. Insert the bivariate linear regression equation and r^2 in your graph. Do you observe a linear relationship between the 2 variables?
Use Excel’s Analysis Tool Pak to conduct a regression analysis of Age and Assessment Value. Is Age a significant predictor of Assessment Value?

What are the common steps that are used by most managers to organize strategic planning?

Global Strategy

Managers use various frameworks to organize strategic planning. Most frameworks follow a similar logic and share common steps. What are the common steps that are used by most managers to organize strategic planning?
Define value chain and discuss how companies can design and manage their value chain to create values for their companies. Support your answer with a real-life example.
Define value proposition and discuss how a company’s value proposition can add international expansion. Support your answer with a real-life example.

Discuss the effects of instability in the foreign currency markets on your selected organization’s elements such as the supply chain, manufacturing, and production.

Analyzing the Financial Situation of an International Organization (PepsiCo) Presentation

In your presentation,

-Identify an international organization – PepsiCo
-Analyze the financial viability of the organization in the current international financial environment.
-Discuss the effects of instability in the foreign currency markets on your selected organization’s elements such as the supply chain, manufacturing, and production.
-Explain how the organization mitigates the inherent risks in international currency.

Your Analyzing the Financial Situation of an International Organization Presentation

Define and understand key tourism related concepts, including different types of tourist groups and their requirements.

Understanding the world of tourism
The Assignment Guide should be used in conjunction with the Assignment Brief as its purpose is to provide guidance as to how best to respond to the requirements of the assignment brief. It also gives an indication of what the marker will be looking for in the piece of work.
Two learning outcomes are addressed within the tasks of the assignment:

Define and understand key tourism related concepts, including different types of tourist groups and their requirements.

Identify and understand relationships between tourism, the environment, society, culture and the economy.

To succeed in the module, you must satisfy all learning outcomes, which in turn means addressing each part of the assignment brief – missing something out will impact your grade negatively.

Assignment Task and Guidance

Group Poster on Tourism type
“Create PowerPoint slide poster on a ‘Tourism type’ that focuses on your learning on Understanding the World of Tourism.

Determine the total cost of tiling the outdoor room and painting the master bedroom and evaluate whether they will meet their budget.

Problem-solving and modelling task
You are an employee for ‘Regency Lifestyle’. Your company is responsible for building
and selling house and land packages. As part of the service, ‘Regency Lifestyle’ makes
adjustments to the site and floor plans based on client’s needs. Adam and Belle Smith
are your personal clients. The Smiths have purchased a rectangular block of land 32m
by 22m and have requested that their floor plan is a Metricon Home design.
Client Information
● Both clients work full-time.
● They have two children, two boys aged seven and five. They are not planning on
having any more children.
● They enjoy entertaining.
Based on the Client Information above, you will:
Choose a house plan that suits the clients needs and ensure that it will help meet the
Gold Coast City Councils requirements for land use.
Construct a scaled diagram of the house plan using its external measurements  and determine the best position of the house on the block of land taking into
account Gold Coast City Council requirements.
The clients have a budget of $7000 to both tile the outdoor room and paint the walls of
the master bedroom.

Determine the total cost of tiling the outdoor room and painting the master bedroom and evaluate whether they will meet their budget.

Critically evaluate whether and how Chinese MNEs benefit from international strategic asset seeking FDI related acquisitions. Draw from empirical evidence and case examples where appropriate.

East Asian Business & Management

SUMMATIVE ASSIGNMENT – BUSI 5A815 East Asian Business & Management

Answer the following questions.

“Critically evaluate whether and how Chinese MNEs benefit from international strategic asset seeking FDI related acquisitions. Draw from empirical evidence and case examples where appropriate.”